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Saturday, February 04, 2006

A Heartfelt Letter To The Abuse Victims Of Kolko/Margulies/Tora Temima

Dearest Brothers,

I am not going to assume that I understand the life-long pain you are suffering being victims of sexual abuse. If the hurt you are presently feeling is because I have brought this issue to the front and center of the Orthodox world, kindly understand that I did it with the sole purpose of creating a new climate in our world; that of accountability.

The religious organizations as well as the yeshivas have failed miserably in protecting our youth from the merciless hands of abusers, be it sexual abuse or emotional. In matter of fact the Agudah for example, has ACTIVELY pursued a policy of protecting the molesters and their cohorts, by blocking every single piece of legislation that would have permitted the authorities to protect our children from the predators.They say "let the principals handle it," when the principals in many cases are involved in covering up the scandals to protect the "reputations" of their highly profitable fiefdoms.

There is nothing in it for me. I will remain anonymous; no fame, no glory, no plaques, no maftir, no money other than the money I intend to spend to publicize the issues that should be addressed by the organizations but are not. The mailing on Thursday is working it's way to your mailboxes; the post office and the mailing service are nice and friendly, but they insist on getting paid for their services. Bummer.

I would understand your hesitancy to come forward in a civil lawsuit against the above named people and entities; this is what I can offer to you as miniscule compensation for the suffering you have experienced.

I am in contact with the law firm who has collected in excess of two hundred million dollars from the various Catholic churches and archdioceses that were found guilty of harboring molesters.This is what they uncovered so far.

1- The combined assets of Kolko, Margulies, Tora Temima and it's entities have a net worth in excess of fifty million dollars.

2- "Leopold" Margulies started moving millions of dollars of assets around at the end of last year.

3- The law firm is VERY CERTAIN that if there are twenty bona fide witnesses,they can obtain a judgment against the above named entities, and wrestle away ALL the assets of the above named people and entities.

4- The juries have awarded damages, depending on the circumstances, from $500,000-$5,000,000, read five million dollars per victim.

5- In order for this firm to take this case the following has to happen:

a- I must give them a $100,000 retainer, which will be reimbursed to me after they collect on the judgment. This reimbursement would come from the "law firm's" proceeds, not from the victims'.

b- I am willing to do that out of my personal funds. I DO NOT want money from anyone!

c- The law firm's share would be one third of whatever they collect, the rest is going to be distributed in it's entirety to the victims.

d- They will NOT take the case until they have interviewed at the very least TWENTY victims, and are convinced of the credibility of the individuals.

e- I'm sure you are aware that everything you divulge to the attorneys would be protected under the attorney-client privilege.

The following must now happen in order for me to proceed. I must be contacted by e-mail by at the very least twenty five people that are willing to testify in court. ALL REPLIES WILL BE HELD IN THE STRICTEST CONFIDENCE.

The way I see it, each victim potentially would be able to collect anywhere from one to two million dollars, realistically. That is not to say that the judgment could not be greater than fifty million dollars; anything above fifty million, in my opinion, would not be collectible.

The alternative to actually taking money; you may wind up owning Yeshiva Tora Temima and it's entities, Margulies's house and Kolko's house, and you would now be in control of the yeshiva, to run it as you deem fit.

Please let me know. I am prepared to move quickly!

Hatzlacha v'kol tuv.

UOJ

This is the letter. On yellow paper with a postmark dated February 2, 2006. UOJ, a man of his word!

CHILD MOLESTER ALERT

ATTENTION ALL PARENTS

There is a chronic child molester in our midst. He is not in hiding nor is he being kept away from our children. Shockingly, he is a Rebbe in Yeshiva Torah Temima located at 507 & 555 Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn, New York.

Rabbi Lipa Margulies knows of this Rebbeâ€™s history of sexually molesting children. Rabbi Lipa Margulies refuses to remove this predator from his yeshiva. Specifically, Rabbi Lipa Margulies has been informed; repeatedly and from sources independent of each other; that Rabbi Yidi Kolko has sexually molested countless children during his long career around children.

We have a problem. This is not to say that our wonderful community has more child molesters than other communities. We may even have substantially fewer. The problem is in our propensity to ignore the covering up of these horrendous incidents. Child molesters must be exposed and removed from our midst. Our children must not be subjected to molesters while in school. Rabbi Lipa Margulies must stop his unconscionable employment of this molester and his covering up of this threat. Rabbi Yidi Kolko must resign his position immediately. We can not rest until our children are safe from this scourge.

This mailing should not have been necessary. Both Rabbi Yidi Kolko and Rabbi Lipa Margulies were given advance copies of this letter and advised if Rabbi Yidi Kolko left Yeshiva Torah Temima immediately, this mailing would be stopped. Rabbi Yidi Kolko responded: â€œthe matter has been taken care ofâ€ coupled with an offer to meet with his victims in person, one at a time. Rabbi Lipa Margulies responded: â€œI donâ€™t think he is still a threat and I am responsible for the childrenâ€ followed by â€œAnyone who doesnâ€™t like it, doesnâ€™t have to send their children to my yeshiva.â€ In short, neither of these Mechanchim deny the facts; they simply refuse to do the right thing.

We are writing to ask you to speak out and help bring an end to this nightmare. Please call Rabbi Yidi Kolko at 1-718-252-6642 and ask him to resign his position immediately. Please call Rabbi Lipa Margulies at 1-718-438-1900 and ask him to dismiss Rabbi Yidi Kolko immediately. Child molesters must be kept away from our children. Our children deserve no less.

381 comments:

to protect the attorney client privilege the 20-25 people should not contact you but should contact the law firm directly. The law firm should do whatever preliminary interviews they see fit and then let you know whether they wish to proceed with your 100K.

you could post a contact at the law firm for those 20-25 people to contact.

Yo buudy, I see you're not God after all. You're changing the order of the makkos! The real reason for this: you realize you have to witnesses, so you can't do sh-t, so you try to get people to come foward with a bribe of a few bucks. Sorry, it ain't gonna work! No one came foward until now, and no one will come foward now. Nice try, though.

Maybe it's time to go back to your regular Rabbi/yeshiva bashing, as this issue is getting stale.

sounds desperate to me. I agree with try again that just sounds like a ploy to keep your pathetic blog going. I would not be surprised if your whole story with the hacker was some BS to get your self some attention. If you had 100 large you wouldn't be such a farbissiner loser.

You might want to set it up so that the aggrieved parties contact the Law Firm directly. provide documentation on this blog that they indeed were the law firm that won these cases against the Catholic Archdiocese.

You are dead right about the Agudah. Their advocacy and efforts against legislation and disclosure is a blight and stain upon Orthodox Judaism. For shame, and shame on you D. Zwiebel for aiding and abetting these positions.

boogy- cut the crap everyone knows that UOJ writes under many screen names. Just look at the posts from tt letter supporter besides writing "we" all the times he seems to have have more info on the assumed mailing then UOJ. Like I said it is time for a shrink to analyze you chevra.

this is to all holy brothers why cant we just all love, and the leshonos oy GEVALD this is not what we need now it can wait till mashiach comes. so smile at youre neighbor and be nice to youre family and maybe they were grecht this internet is nisht ken gute zach. whoever knows UOJ (oy the name UN ORTHODOX JEWS it breaks every yidishe harts) he mistama just is missing some chizuk love mama love smile at him maybe invite him for a warm meal, oy atzubruchine yidishe kind, tell him mir ken nuch teshuva ton svet zein gut he will still maybe have vus men darf un efsher oich trefen a shiduch and a home not just some homeless shelter that has internet and read some reishis chochma and may be some chofetz chaim and find a minyan anf find where reb elchonon is buried to go ask him michila hope you didnt forget to eat melava malka have a good week shalom

UOJ, Letter Supporter, Boogthere has been a valid point made here that wasnt addressed.Are the alleged incident(s) indeed 25 years old. Are you claiming recent victims?If not, then your theory about the danger seems contradicted by the evidence.

What is unreasonable about people on this blog questioning the original claim?

If there has been recent victims, why havent you said so before?

In yerushalayim, Israel there was a famous Rosh Yeshiva (one of those kiruv types) that got ousted after it became known that he was molesting the teenage bochrim there. This is about 18 years ago. I heard Rav Shach met him, and warned him to quit. And he did. Seems that incident had meat on it.

Get off the mescaline and check yourself into Drug Rehab. If you can't do this on your own, contact MASK or the Dali Lama.

Rational: Excellent point! You hit the nail on the head! Chaval, we have no one that can lay down the law like Harav Schach, ZT'L. Just the opposite is the case: we have obfuscators like the Agudah and Zwiebel, Torah U'Mesorah, et al;, organizations that are in the position to implement constructive actions against sex predators and child abusers, but instead petition government agencies with claptrap and bullshit that allows these animals to roam free and continue their retzicha against our children.

UOJ:

Check with your lawyers and see if this is a viable option:

Post the name of the contact liason person and their phone number at this Law Firm here on the blog. Those parents whose children have been molested by Kolko can call and arrange an appointment to give their side of the story which will be held in the strictest confidence. They will also then be able to check out this Law Firm's credentials and see what they have accomplished against the Catholic Archdiocese.

The major problem you have, as I see it, is that these parents are apprehensive and skeptical about who they speak to. They dont, understandably, want to be burned twice by speaking out to the "wrong" people.

Boog: I agree with your comment but want to split a hair with you. It's not that we don't have anyone like Rav Shach with us anymore but rather that the Rabbis and organizations are just not speaking out.

We don't need a Rav Shach to speak out or demand Kolko's resignation. Any reputable Rabbi or group would be enough.

UOJ, why not a local law firm? We have more large firms in NYC than anywhere else. This case needs the resources of a major firm but also needs to be local so that the victims can more easily participate.

The rest of the story.... R' Elya Svei got involved with that "rosh yeshiva" who molested teenage boys and promised him that he would go to the police unless he left chinuch.This creep was an American who took his freak show to Israel when the story about him started circulating.On a trip to the U.S.A. the boy he was travelling with spilled the beans to R' Svei and stole the asshole's passport.R' Shach was window dressing.When R' Svei was healthy he was a madman who was feared by all.

Boog,Excellent suggestion. Here is what I have to overcome.They have turned down cases, they tell me, because they felt the witnesses/victims were weak and would not hold up under cross examination.Since the firm is out of state, and insist on meeting the witnesses face to face, they want to send a team of people to New York to interview the victims...now we're back to the retainer.

Many rabbonim and leaders in Ger as well as outside Ger knew about this scumbag but said Nada for years. How many boys are scarred and ruined for life because of this "frum" bastard?

He was finally reported and got his sorry ass on a flight to Israel one step ahead of the cops.

How many Israeli boys have benefitted from his "expertise" and 'hands-on experience' these past few years? Hmm?

Israeli Rabbonim, yeshivas, and parents have their ostrich-like heads even deeper in the sands of denial and look the other way-itis than here in America.

We are sitting on a powder-keg and all you krummie-frummies can do is rake UOJ over the coals. Your response is a pathetic, "He's been clean for the past 20 years...".

That or a variation thereof has been ascribed to:

Lanner,Tendler,Bryks,Carlebach,Mondrowitz,

etc. et al

and the beat goes on with devastating consequences.

Never before have we had so many of our children at risk, in trouble, educationally, emotionally, and psychologically challenged as we do today. Ohel is bursting at the seams, Organizations are springing up like weeds focusing on this or that problem, their advertisements for their Melave Malkas and fund-raisers weekly eyesores in our publications. For your donation they wish you a Tizku L'Mitzvot.

Misguided.

Be a Tizku by being proactive and speaking out against the organizations such as the Agudah and Torah U'Mesorah that can make a difference but don't.

UOJ has stepped into this breach. He should be commended not villified.

I know of one victim who spoke up against Kolko. The parents were warned against speaking out and the boy was sent to Mondrowitz for therapy.

You can imagine the rest of the story.

Mondrowith was allowed to bring his insanity to NY because all the Chicago Rabbis cared about was cleaning up their own mess. The same with the NY Rabbis who allow Mondrowitz to continue teaching in Israel.

UOJ, if you don't give up, you could very well fix a problem that is killing our children.

Klor Bashers,I asked you to send me ALL the particulars about this guy...Names and phone #'s of people that have been hurt.I'm focusing on the Ocean Parkway gangsters for now; get me the bona fide info. and I will look into it.

UOJ, where did you get that brilliant idea to divide your responses so that you use five comments instead of one? Are you so desperate to increase the number of comments? You are a pathetic attention-needy loser!

The people that have communicated with me anonymously have not spoken to the timeline.Again and again; anyone that has ever, ever, ever, molested a child and damaged them for life should never be allowed to be around children.Are there shortages of people that are capable of teaching first grade?If a bank teller stole money forty years ago would he be able to be a bank teller ever again????And that's ONLY money!!!!

We NOW have a NEW standard; If a molester DOES NOT stick his hand down the pants of everyone he meets he becomes a good guy and casts doubt if the claims against him are really true.HOW LOW CAN WE GO???????

Your analogy is a good one. However, the question is if the teller was rumored to stole 40 years ago, and no further rumors surface for 40 years, would that person get a job?

The issue is the claim that it doesnt matter if it happened again. Why isnt any thought being given that if there hasnt been a new claim in 20 years, maybe the original claim was wrong.Maybe he hasnt been a danger, and that is why no one spoke out (unlike the serial molester that r svei forced out).

The reason people are questioning the original claim is that if indeed there havent been further claims, it seems in contradiction to some statistics quoted in this blog about the nature of molesters.

We have first hand knowledge of Kolko’s guilt. A pest control expert once explained that for every roach you see there are a thousand or more hidden.

We know of Kolko’s guilt, we believe many more victims have yet to speak out. The coming weeks will offer many of Kolko’s silent victims the opportunity to speak out and be heard.

Margulies has never before faced a determined group of substantial opponents. Our combined resources far exceed his and we are committed to bringing him and Kolko to justice.

We expect Margulies to fight like a cornered rat, but he is far less powerful than the Catholic Church and people less determined than us brought them to their knees. Margulies and his successors will be dealing with this issue until they do the right thing or are forced out of business.

Lets be clear about a few things.1-I know for a fact Kolko molested MANY children.FACT NOT RUMOR!2-I know for a FACT that Margulies knows Kolko molested MANY children.FACT NOT RUMOR!3-Margulies admitted to certain rabbis that he knows Kolko molested many children. He also convinced many rabbis that Kolko is no longer a threat.FACT NOT RUMOR!4-I am in contact with a Posek that was in Camp Agudah with Kolko who absolutely is certain that the Novominsker's cousin, Zushe Heshel, who ran Camp Agudah at that time, covered up the scandal to protect the camp with the haskama of the then Rebbe.5-Margulies has threatened anyone who would dare come out against him with some pretty vile threats.FACT NOT RUMOR.

Anonymous,Time will prove you dead wrong.Margulies is no match for me and my associates financially or otherwise.I have rabbis,baalei batim and attorneys that are on my side.The momentum is building...wait until the letter hits.

One more really important issue.Does anyone believe Margulies would be able to stand the scrutiny that a lawsuit would bring?Another prediction; without any doubt in my mind, once this hits the secular media, people will be pulling their kids out of school.By the time the lawsuit is served, his school would be empty!!When a judgment(not if)is rendered, do you believe that he would be able to stand the scrutiny of a major accounting firm combing through his books,records, transactions and bank accounts?

UOJ - good to see your dimyon working in overdrive. something tells me nobody will be getting your letter tomorrow. I am sure you have something good cooked up to keep this charade going a little longer. why not tell us now.

A kind of writing that presents the thoughts of a person or character as they occur. Stream-of-consciousness writing uses devices such as characters speaking to themselves, free association, and lists of words. William Faulkner, James Joyce, and Virginia Woolf wrote stream-of-consciousness novels.

The boyz are waitin fer youz fat tuchis over in Rikers. dere iz a special section for fat, old, decrepit, stinking, old molester protectors.I understand Uncle Milty can arrange for an Orange kapote with ah metching hat. it will cost you a few mill, but thats no problem fer a men like u.hey take tampons, it's non stop action.

Listen up you unortho bastard that wast just to test my scripts. You will regret the day you ever started a blog. I will be up your *** in no time. The first Makah is about to come. The only difference is I will not need ten. Three or four will knock you out. Get a new IT guy - a former VP of IBM won\'t do it.Good Luck.

for who ever missed it you can still read the comments in the 3rd post. After my new script runs Unortho mamzer will have to start moderating comments. That will be the first step in the death of this blog. I did the first wave on a slow proxy in china to give him a chance. The next wave will be with a clean proxy posting over 100 comments a minute. Good luck in trying to delete them you jackass.

Anon - Did you notice the whole blogger was offline for hours yesterday? did you know you can crack a password? Did you know that a novice cracked his old site? Did you know I can bypass the stupid word verication. About the money I am doing this pro bono.

shame on all of you!!!UOJ is actually doing something to help children. What are the rest of you doing? You're all in denial and scared and jealous that he actually has the courage and determination to make a difference.

You naysayers are a sad group.

What is wrong with you? You know the problem exists, why do you lie to yourselves?????

G-d bless you UOJ!!!

I went to see a Rabbi when I was becoming observant and he was so sleezy and so inappropriate with his comments that it was so disgusting.

Thank G-d I knew he was an individual and did not represent all of Judaism. I wish I could print his name, but for some reason I can not bring myself to do it. Thankfully UOJ has the guts to.

anon - cut the BS. all you people make up fairy tales to try to prove your point. How stupid do you think we are. If UOJ meant lishem shomayim there are many other ways he could have gone about this. All he wants is attention - he probaly gets none at home. Tuchus oifen tisch he has no proof now in a desperate attempt to save face he is trying ti bribe some people to come foward. He even admits that the lawyers (if they exist) don't beleive him could you blame them?

UOJ is busy trying to find an excuse to explain why the letters are not coming tomorrow.some early suggestions.1. he did not know the postage went up 2 cents.2. the lawyers told him not to send them.3. the mail amn got paid off by Leopord.4. Horav Kaduri jinxed him.5. He thought that his alter-ego (Gross-Letter supporter-tt parent-boogy the booger) sent it out.